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Hüttenbläserschachthöhle

The Hüttenbläserschachthöhle is a non-tourist-developed shaft cave with several entrances that extends over three levels.

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The Hüttenbläserschachthöhle is a non-tourist-developed shaft cave with several entrances that extends over three levels.

Characteristics

Caves are protected biotopes (§30 BNatSchG). Caves used by bats as winter quarters must not be entered from 1 October to 31 March (§39(6) BNatSchG), except show caves and their developed parts.

Location

The Hüttenbläserschachthöhle is a shaft cave in Iserlohn in the Sauerland. It is located in the Grüner Tal in the Sonderhorst nature reserve. The cave lies in a Devonian mass limestone depression that extends from Hagen to Balve.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Hüttenbläserschachthöhle

    51.368917, 7.654667
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Description

Morphology

At present (2014) the known passage length is 4800 meters. The cave, which extends over three levels, has several entrances and is not developed for tourism.

History

The Hüttenbläserschachthöhle was discovered in 1993 by members of the Speläogruppe Letmathe association. In 1997 further cave passages were discovered.

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